Connecticut western news., 1887-08-31
Local News.

is visiting at s. c. Beckley's.
 Miss Julia Case, of Bristol, is visiting her sister, Mrs Dr Gidman.
 Rev l.. H. Reid, of Lakeville, was a guest at Geo. s. Fuller's over Sunday.
 Rev J. W. Lewis supplied D, Streeter's pulpit at Bridgeport last Sun day.
 Mrs Eliza Sedgwick and Mrs Mary A Peet have been very ill, but are i'm proving.
 pr G. l.. Hurd, dentist, will be absent on vacation from Sept 9th to Sept 24th.
 Mrs James A. Root, formerly oi Canaan, is quite ill at her home il Negaunee, Mich.
 -S. A. Eddy left Monday for ter days sojourn at Saratoga, Jamestown and other places.
 Frederick s Lawrence, of Newark. N. J., visited relatives here last Friday and Saturday.
 Mrs Erastus Simons, of Colebrook, spent Sunday in town, the guest of Mrs G. s. Williams
 Editor Rodemeyer, of the Norwalk Record, struck Canaan on Saturday, but returned on Sunday.
 Mir and Mrs Harvey Williams, oi Danbury, visited friends here from Tuesday until Friday.
 J. l.. Bragg is laying the foundation for 24 B wo-and-one-half story addition to his dwelling house and store
 Miss Emma Bullard went to New Brunswick, N. J., last Wednesday, where she has engaged to teach school.
 Mrs J. J. Capron, of Amenia, N. r., spent two or three days in town last week, visiting her daughter, Mrs G. s. Williams.
 Rev O. G. McIntire, of Cornwall, exchanged with Rev H. G. HoadleY, pastor of the East Canaan Cong. church, last Sunday.
 Mrs Mary A. Adams and her daughter, Miss Florence, will visit friends in York state this week and attend the Duchess county fair.
 s'Sohmer" < Mathushek Pianos, Estey and Mason & Hamin Organs rented or for sale by Capewell the Jeweler, No. 3S6 Main Street, West Winsted, Ct.
 William R. Baldwin, of Chicago, who has been spending his vacation at Thousand Islands and Saratoga, visited his uncle, J. A. Underwood, over Sun day.
 Mrs Pequigney and family will soon move to Thompsonville, where her daughter, Florine, has permanent position as manager of the telegraph office.
 Hiram Stone, of Kent, attended camp meeting last Friday and called upon friends in this village. He is one of the prompt paying subscribers to the News.
 The funeral services of Mrs Melinda Fellows Smith were attended last Sun- day afternoon at her late residence in East Canaan. Rev l. H Reid, of Lake vile, conducted the services.
 The 12Sth Regiment N. Y. s. w., which Col David s. Cowles organized and commanded until he met his death while leading his regiment in the charge at Port Hudson, La, May 27, 1863, will celebrate the 25th anniversary o1 the departure of said regiment from Hudson for the seat of war in Septem Der, 1862, by holding their first reunion in the city of Hudson, N. r., on the 9th day of September, 1887. It is earnest ly desired that every surviving member of the regiment be present on this occasion.
 -Messrs M Roraback, Geo. l.. Par. sons and J. M. Roys attended the re- union of the 49th Mass, Vols, at Pitts field last Thursday. It was the largest reunion this veteran regiment has held 255 comrades registering. Mrs Gen, Bartlett and family were present, and Mrs Bartlett gave each veteran gener ous piece of cake cut from an i'm mense loaf which was called "wedd ing cake' as the occasion was the 25tf anniversary of the regiments departure for the front.
 -Messrs P. & H. Jacobs have brough to the News office two stalks of Brazl ian Flower corn, each stalk II fee high, and one of them bearing five ear of corn, silked out. This corn will no ripen in this latitude, but the Messrs Jacobs planted 1t as matter of curiosi ty. Three stalks, each II feet high grew from one kernel of corn. Messr' Jacobs have quantity of early feli corn the stalks of which have alread, grown 12 feet high.
 We had learned from experienc, that our space was not sufficient to pub fish brief of the sermons preached a Pine Grove. The camp meeting repor ter did not heed our warning not to at tempt report of the sermons, conse ouently Dr Iglehart's sermon, and al the notes and incidents of camp meet ino. must be deferred until next issue "a we have already devoted as mucl space this week to camp meeting as W feel justified in doing.